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The crime rate in Eufaula is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 39 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Eufaula is 1 in 26. Based on FBI crime data, Eufaula is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Alabama, Eufaula has a crime rate that is higher than 75% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare Eufaula to other communities of similar population, then Eufaula crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Eufaula does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Eufaula does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Eufaula.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Eufaula occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Eufaula; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 206. This equates to a rate of 5 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Eufaula's rate for property crime is 34 per one thousand population. This makes Eufaula a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Eufaula is one in 29.

Eufaula Crime Data

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NeighborhoodScout® provides exclusive crime risk analytics for every neighborhood in America with up to 98% predictive accuracy. Crime risk indices are nationally comparable on a 1 – 100 scale, where 100 means safer than 100% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Crime risk data are updated annually. Raw crime incidents are sourced from all 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies – municipal, county, transit, park, port, university, tribal and more, assigned to localities, then built into NeighborhoodScout’s proprietary predictive models to provide a comprehensive crime risk profile for every neighborhood and address-vicinity in the U.S.